Richard Meyers

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Richard S. "Ric" Meyers was born August 3, 1953, in Connecticut, the son of disability-services administrator Stanley Meyers and raised by actress Vera Johnson. He studied theater and cinema at Emerson College, Boston University, and the University of Bridgeport. A professional writer, editor, and consultant since 1974, Meyers has been described as one of the people most responsible for the acceptance of Asian action movies and stars in America, authoring more than seventy novels and nonfiction works under his own name and pseudonyms including Dane Hartman and Wade Barker. His nonfiction includes Martial Arts Movies: From Bruce Lee to the Ninjas, TV Detectives, and Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book, while his fiction credits span tie-in novels for The Destroyer, Dirty Harry, Ninja Master, The Incredible Hulk, and Forgotten Realms, including the novel Murder in Halruaa. He served as a film columnist for Inside Kung Fu and Asian Cult Cinema magazines, has presented the Kung Fu Extravaganza panel at San Diego Comic-Con since 1997, and has recorded DVD commentaries for hundreds of martial-arts film releases, including documentary appearances discussing Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. He also edited Starlog, Famous Monsters of Filmland, and Fangoria. His honors include induction into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame and an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award from Mystery Writers of America.

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Books

• Murder in Halruaa (1996) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 40 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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